WebAppoint Links Appointment Scheduler to Microsoft Outlook 2000; Productivity Program Syncs Online Appointments to Offline Calendar.Business Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2000 WebAppoint.com, Inc., the online appointment pioneer headquartered here, today unveiled Outlook Sync, a productivity software program for PC users to synchronize See synchronization. their online appointment scheduler with Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook 2000 and its online calendar. Outlook Sync was designed to allow PC users and service providers to better manage their time by efficiently linking their online appointment scheduler from WebAppoint to the Microsoft Outlook 2000 calendar. It follows WebAppoint's recent announcement that it offers appointment scheduling for the Palm VII The Palm VII product family consisted of two products, the Palm VII and the Palm VIIx Palm Pilots. These were produced by Palm, Inc., before it was split into PalmOne and PalmSource. They had antennas for wireless data communication on the Mobitex network under the now defunct Palm. from Palm Computing Inc. This feature gives Palm users and service providers the ability to check appointment schedules online, as well as make appointments anywhere anytime using the powerful and robust WebAppoint online appointment scheduler. "Our goal is to become the leading supplier of online appointment scheduling by developing first-rate productivity enhancement tools for users and service providers," says Daniel Levitt, president and chief executive officer at WebAppoint. "Over time, they can expect to see new WebAppoint products, as well as enhanced features and capabilities to our existing online appointment scheduler." Sync Appointments to an Offline Calendar Outlook Sync is available free of charge to PC users and service providers. It can be downloaded from the WebAppoint Web Site located at: http://www.webappoint.com. Once Outlook Sync is downloaded to their PC, users define the date range to import their appointments. Service providers can define date and resource parameters to import appointments in the Sync Center screen. Appointments are downloaded in XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. format and synchronized syn·chro·nize v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es v.intr. 1. To occur at the same time; be simultaneous. 2. To operate in unison. v.tr. 1. into the Microsoft Outlook 2000 Calendar using the WebAppoint Outlook Sync application. More information on WebAppoint's new Outlook Sync and other online appointment scheduling products can be found at its Web Site: http://www.webappoint.com. About WebAppoint WebAppoint.com, Inc., is the world's first real-time, online scheduling service that utilizes the Internet as an anytime, anyplace an·y·place adv. To, in, or at any place; anywhere. See Usage Note at everyplace. Adv. 1. anyplace - at or in or to any place; "you can find this food anywhere"; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere') anywhere link between service providers and their customers. Founded in 1999, WebAppoint offers online network-based appointment scheduling services to businesses and generates revenue from licensing its appointment scheduling system to Internet portals, directories and aggregators. It is privately held and backed by Silicon Valley venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] and private investors. Corporate headquarters is located at 275 Saratoga Avenue, Suite 210, Santa Clara, Calif. 95050. Telephone: (408) 296-3834. Facsimile: (408) 296-4154. Email: info@webappoint.com. Online information is found at its Web Site: http://www.webappoint.com. WebAppoint acknowledges trademarks or registered trademarks of other organizations for their respective products and services. |
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